Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:39:20 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Brent Jones <BJones@business.otago.ac.nz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Do you need to rebuild ports after 7-Current upgrade? Message-ID: <46F05398.3040009@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <67288B8BCBFE7A4EA1915CC24CD0D4C0ECDF62@sbadex01.commerce.otago.ac.nz> References: <67288B8BCBFE7A4EA1915CC24CD0D4C0ECDF62@sbadex01.commerce.otago.ac.nz>
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Brent Jones wrote: > Good morning - > > After a 6.2 to 7-Current FreeBSD upgrade, do you need to rebuild your > ports? Yes (as with any major release upgrade). Old binaries will continue to work, but if you ever plan to compile a new port you will have to rebuild your existing ports first, because otherwise you'll be linking together 6.x and 7.x libraries in the same binary, which is a recipe for sadness. Kris
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